At the Movies with Abraham Lincoln
Published on Wednesday, November 07, 2012
(/media/rm291022848/tt0443272)Last week, Elaina (Education Assistant/Miss Gordon at the Farmstead) and I waited in a long line for a chance to see a free sneak preview of Lincoln (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/). After all, we are history nerds and we’re cheap. As we finally made our way into the theater, we ran into museum friends from The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the Dallas Historical Society and the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture. I shouldn’t have been so surprised to see them—after all, history museum employees are naturally attracted to such occasions.
So, what did we think of said movie, set to open on November 16? Loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals (which I haven’t read, Elaina has) ..